I want to put a faster processor in my wife's custom-built machine. Her board is a MSI 7366-020, and it has a Pentium 1.8GHz on it. I have a separate and redundant machine which has a Pentium (R) 4CPU 2.8GHz in it, which I would like to transfer over to my wife's machine.
The original packaging for the MSI board states, "MCP73 Series Chipset Based. Designed for Intel Core 2 Quad/Duo, Pentium Dual-core, and Celeron processors." At first sight it seems this would be OK, but so little do I know about processors that 'Core 2' means nothing to me. Will this be a simple take-out-and-put-in job, please?
I also want to at least double the RAM on her machine. At present it has a 1GB RAM card, with a second slot empty beside it. I have had the card out and studied it - it will be simple enough to buy another of the same spec., although I would prefer to put in a new pair of 2GB ones, giving a total of 4GB. Again - is this possible on that board, and is it another take-out-and-put-in job, without involving any more component issues?
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Can I put a Pentium (R) 4CPU 2.8 GHz on a MSI P6NGM L board
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That should be just remove the old stick and plug in the new sticks.
After you have that installed.... functional/stable.....then think about that cpu transplant.
Keep in mind that windows will tell you that you have 3>3.5 GB installed.....that's ok.
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From my limited info.; it says pentium4 2.8GHz uses socket 478, and the MS7366 board is a socket 775 board. I might have some wrong info but you check carefully. Good luck.
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Thanks. I will certainly check this out when the time comes, but meanwhile I'm taking Bob's advice and starting with the RAM upgrade - which in my view is quite simple. I will also check out what alternative 775 socket processors might do the trick. I'm quite prepared to up the RAM but then forego a new processor, if that's the way the cookie is going to crumble.
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